In a Far Distant Land

The publication of this collection of stories by the great 20th century Russian writer marked the 30th anniversary of his death and the 50th anniversary of his Nobel Prize (1933). Most of the stories have not been previously published in English, or were published in translations from texts not revised by the author for final publication. The love-death theme was one of the criteria for the selection of titles, and Sobranie sochineny (9 vol., Moscow, 1965-67) was the Russian source for all translations.